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October 28, 2015
Public Power LLC would pay a civil penalty of $72,500 and issue certain customer refunds under a settlement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement to resolve the charging of an incorrect rate to some 50 customers due to a billing error
October 26, 2015
FERC issued a Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations stating that, "in a nonpublic investigation pursuant to 18 CFR Part 1b (2015), the staff of the Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has preliminarily determined that Berkshire Power Company LLC (Berkshire) and Powerplant…
October 26, 2015
Astral Energy, LLC informed the New York PSC that it has voluntarily suspended all marketing and enrollment of residential customers in response to a show cause order concerning the ESCO's marketing, which was first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com
October 26, 2015
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would impose a civil penalty of $250,000 on Major Energy Electric Services, LLC, for what the proposed order finds to be, "its misleading, false and deceptive statements or trade practices," and would impose a $50,000 civil penalty, jointly…
October 22, 2015
Duke Energy has reached an $81 million settlement agreement to end a 2008 lawsuit related to contracts between former Duke Energy subsidiary Duke Energy Retail Sales and certain large electric customers located within the utility service area of Duke Energy Ohio.
October 16, 2015
The New York PSC issued a show cause order to Astral Energy, LLC stating that the PSC has, "received numerous complaints, many alleging slamming, against Astral Energy, LLC."
October 15, 2015
Calpine would pay $67,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged failures to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary frequency response (PFR).
October 2, 2015
FERC disclosed yesterday that shortly after the conclusion of the 2015/16 Planning Resource Auction (capacity auction) conducted by Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) in April 2015, the Commission’s Office of Enforcement began a non-public informal investigation under Part 1b of…
September 30, 2015
CPS Energy would pay $32,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, related to primary frequency response (PFR)…
September 28, 2015
The remaining count of a lawsuit filed against Ambit Energy concerning variable rates and marketing disclosures has been dismissed for failure of the complainant to file an amended complaint.
September 23, 2015
FERC revoked the market-based rate authority of the following companies for what FERC said was failure to file electric quarterly reports. M&R Energy Resources Corp. Reliable Power, LLC Susterra Energy, LLC
September 23, 2015
A customer complaint forwarded by the Connecticut Attorney General to PURA alleges that a sales agent marketing for one of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options suppliers impersonated a state employee.
September 22, 2015
FERC issued a Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations stating that Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Total Gas & Power, North America, Inc. (TGPNA), which is the Houston-based subsidiary of Total, S.A., whose headquarters are located in Paris, France, and TGPNA’s…
September 22, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a Notice of Violations against Liberty Power Holdings, LLC for what the PURA notice says are multiple instances of unauthorized switches and practices which are misleading or deceptive.
September 15, 2015
FERC issued a Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations notice stating that Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Coaltrain Energy L.P.; its co-owners Peter Jones and Shawn Sheehan; traders Robert Jones, Jeff Miller, and Jack Wells; and analyst Adam Hughes violated the…
September 14, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft order stating an intent to examine Starion Energy Inc.'s compliance with fixed price renewal notice requirements under Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(g)(1).
September 2, 2015
Constellation Energy Power Choice, Inc. would contribute $40,000 to Operation Fuel to resolve allegations that it failed to provide proper notice to some of its Connecticut customers regarding the expiration of their fixed price term, and that a price change would be effective after such expiration…
September 2, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has assigned Docket 15-09-03 for an investigation into net metering kWh banking, particularly when a customer switches their retail electric supplier
August 31, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU should set complaint metrics for retail electric suppliers under which exceeding a certain level of complaints would automatically trigger a DPU review of the supplier's license, the Massachusetts Attorney General said in comments to the DPU
August 31, 2015
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in which the IURC had found that it lacked jurisdiction over a customer complaint filed against a retail gas supplier in the NIPSCO choice program.
August 28, 2015
The Connecticut PURA adopted a final order under which Direct Energy Services, LLC will contribute $20,000 to Operation Fuel to resolve allegations that it failed to provide proper notice to some of its Connecticut customers regarding the expiration of their fixed price term, and the price that…
August 28, 2015
Respond Power is to provide $3 million in refunds under a settlement with the Pennsylvania PUC Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) to resolve an investigation into its trade practices.
August 25, 2015
Several District of Columbia retail suppliers have reached a settlement with Washington Gas Light under which the suppliers would collectively pay to resolve disputes concerning penalties assessed on the suppliers by WGL.
August 25, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order fining IDT Energy, Inc. $2,000 after concluding, in a customer complaint case, that IDT Energy charged a customer a rate in excess of the Price to Compare when its sales agent had represented to the customer that the rate would be below the PTC.
August 14, 2015
An initial decision from a FERC ALJ would conclude that BP America Inc. and affiliates, "engaged in market manipulation," as a result of trading practices related to the Houston Ship Channel (HSC).
